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6 <br /> 1 Commissioner Richards read the following resolution: <br /> 2 <br /> 3 ORANGE COUNTY BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS <br /> 4 RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING HISTORICAL MARKER <br /> 5 <br /> 6 WHEREAS, racial terror lynching was known widely to occur across the United States in the <br /> 7 aftermath of the Civil War, and from Reconstruction through the middle of the twentieth century, <br /> 8 a practice predominantly inflicted upon Black or African American men, women and children by <br /> 9 white individuals, vigilante mobs and law enforcement officers -- to instill fear and to thwart the <br /> 10 social, economic and political advancement of Black people; and <br /> 11 <br /> 12 WHEREAS, between 1865 and 1950, documented racial terror lynchings claimed the lives of <br /> 13 more than 120 Black people in North Carolina, and four are known to have taken place in <br /> 14 Orange County; and <br /> 15 <br /> 16 WHEREAS, the Orange County Community Remembrance Coalition has been working to place <br /> 17 at least two historical markers in the County, one on the grounds of the Orange County Old <br /> 18 Courthouse at Hillsborough, and one within the Town of Carrboro; and <br /> 19 <br /> 20 WHEREAS, the dimensions and appearance of a historical marker comply with the provisions of <br /> 21 the Historic District Commission of the Town of Hillsborough, and the location on County <br /> 22 property has been approved by Orange County staff, and will be accommodated into the site <br /> 23 renovation plans; and <br /> 24 <br /> 25 WHEREAS, the Equal Justice Initiative (EJI) provides such markers for community <br /> 26 remembrance coalitions, and approves the wording on the historical markers; and <br /> 27 <br /> 28 WHEREAS, the delivery of the sign may take several months once EJI receives site <br /> 29 authorization documentation; and <br /> 30 <br /> 31 WHEREAS, the Orange County Manager has approved that the labor to install the marker will <br /> 32 be provided by Orange County staff; <br /> 33 <br /> 34 NOW THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED that the Orange County Board of Commissioners does <br /> 35 hereby approve the placement of a historical marker on the grounds of the Old Courthouse <br /> 36 between East King Street and East Margaret Lane; <br /> 37 <br /> 38 BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the Equal Justice Initiative shall provide the historical marker <br /> 39 at no charge to Orange County, shall have the marker delivered to Orange County, and should <br /> 40 the historical marker be vandalized or similarly damaged, the Equal Justice Initiative will replace <br /> 41 the sign, at no charge to Orange County; and <br /> 42 <br /> 43 BE IT MOREOVER RESOLVED that Orange County will assume responsibility for installing the <br /> 44 historical marker and for maintaining the site after installation. <br /> 45 <br /> 46 This the 2011 day of September, 2022. <br /> 47 <br /> 48 <br /> 49 Renee A. Price, Chair <br /> 50 Orange County Board of Commissioners <br />